James Corden says a particular episode from the original run of “Gavin & Stacey” is his least favourite. Speaking at the BBC Comedy Festival, the actor and co-creator of the sitcom singled out Season 1, Episode 2. Multiple outlets report that he described the instalment as “very, very, very bad” and “an awful episode,” framing it as “a very very very bad half hour.” BBC News Entertainment & Arts specifies that the episode’s plot centres on a misunderstanding involving a phone call between Gavin and Stacey, which drives the comic situations in that episode. Other coverage notes that Corden played Smithy in the series, and that he speaks candidly about how the episode does not work for him compared with the rest of the show. While outlets emphasize the strength of his negative assessment, they agree on the core details: the episode is from the first season, he identifies it as the second episode, and he criticizes it in terms of both overall quality and particular story mechanics linked to the phone call misunderstanding.